HOSPITAL TYPE AND PATIENT OUTCOMES: AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION USING AMI READMISSION AND MORTALITY RECORDS
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Jensen, PH; Webster, E; Witt, JDate
2009-12-01Source Title
HEALTH ECONOMICSPublisher
WILEYAffiliation
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social ResearchMetadata
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Jensen, P. H., Webster, E. & Witt, J. (2009). HOSPITAL TYPE AND PATIENT OUTCOMES: AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION USING AMI READMISSION AND MORTALITY RECORDS. HEALTH ECONOMICS, 18 (12), pp.1440-1460. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.1435.Access Status
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10.1002/hec.1435Abstract
This paper investigates whether there are differences in patient outcomes across different types of hospitals using patient-level data on readmission and mortality associated with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Hospitals are grouped according to their ownership type (private, public teaching, public non-teaching) and their location (metropolitan, country and remote country). Using data collected from 130 Victorian hospitals on 19,000 patients admitted to a hospital with their first AMI between January 2001 and December 2003, we consider how the likelihood of unplanned re-admission and mortality varies across hospital type. We find that there are significant differences across hospital types in the observed patient outcomes - private hospitals persistently outperform public hospitals.
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